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On Expectations

January 23, 2018

by Alexander Freeling.   An orphan is raised by his sister in an English village surrounded by marshes, where the crook of a river bends towards the sea. His childhood has its share of passions and...

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Finding the Right Bags

January 22, 2018

by S. Charlie Weyman.   If you're wealthy enough, you never have to carry your own things. It was reported last year, for example, that Karl Lagerfeld not only travels with at least twenty-five Goy...

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Style and the Damme

January 17, 2018

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.  Late in his new series Jean-Claude Van Johnson, Jean-Claude Van Damme, in tailored suit and open-collared white shirt, gestures up from his Aston Martin to his secret h...

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Alternative Style Icon: The American Friend

December 19, 2017

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   “What’s wrong with a cowboy in Hamburg?” Nothing, if you’re Tom Ripley.

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Why Santa Wears Red

December 17, 2017

by David Isle.  There has been some recent controversy over Santa’s ethnic background. But all modern-day Santas, be they white, black, or boozehound, wear the now iconic red suit with white trim. ...

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A Film of One's Own

December 12, 2017

by Daniel Penny.   If cinema has taught me anything about policing, it is that the key to being a good detective lies in having the proper outerwear. Nowhere is this more true than in the dystopian...

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Particularly Snug at Home

December 11, 2017

by David Isle.  If you’re in the Northeast United States, you’ve probably got wintry weather at your doorstep and perhaps even a day or two off from work. If these days away from the constraints of...

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Book Review: Why a Man Should Be Well Dressed

December 05, 2017

by Réginald-Jérôme de Mans.   I love a book whose author dares to actually assert a viewpoint. In clothing, this means more than simply asserting “style is eternal” or “nice clothes are nice”, as m...

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